When it comes to a “race to the top,” competitions like Best & Brightest produced by the National Association for Business Resources, are among the very best ways to actively spur on organizations in some of America’s key cities and regions.
Here’s the big takeaway: Best and Brightest, whether it’s the Atlanta, Chicago, Houston or West Michigan events (the latest we’re able to highlight), simply make companies better. That’s the ultimate goal of the NABR, doing so in a way that provides entrants with valuable data, including benchmarked practices as well as tools and resources.
When companies get better at what they do, the lives of the people who work there become richer. Competing for Best and Brightest honors also has the effect of making the communities where they take place richer as well.
While the full list of Atlanta Best and Brightest honorees can be seen HERE, the elite winners include:
- T-Mobile (“Best of the Best” Overall Winner)
- Apex Insurance (Small Business “Best of the Best”)
- Crowe Horwath LLP (Work-Life Balance)
- Clinical Resources LLC (Strategic Company Performance)
- Human Resource Dimensions, Inc. (Recruitment, Selection and Orientation)
- ThoughtWorks, Inc. (Employee Enrichment, Engagement and Retention)
- Kingdom Fortunes Development Group (Employee Education and Development)
- 1Source International (Employee Achievement and Recognition)
- Panasonic Automotive Systems (Diversity and Inclusion)
- American Global Logistics (Compensation, Benefits and Employee Solutions)
- OxBlue Corporation (Community Initiatives)
- EventSphere, LLC (Communication and Shared Vision)
In Chicago, another Best and Brightest city, the full list of honorees can be seen HERE. Elite winners will be announced on July 14, 2016.
For Houston, a full list of honorees can be seen HERE.
Elite winners in Houston include:
- Centre Technologies (“Best of the Best” Overall Winner)
- All4 Inc. (Small Business “Best of the Best”)
- ABIS Inc. (Work-Life Balance)
- Kelly S. Matthews LLC (Strategic Company Performance)
- Wright Business Technologies (Recruitment, Selection and Orientation)
- MiddletonRaines + Zapata, LLP (Employee Enrichment, Engagement and Retention)
- Keystone Resources (Employee Education and Development)
- PCO Div. II (Employee Achievement and Recognition)
- Logical Innovations, Inc. (Diversity and Inclusion)
- Spirit Environmental, LLC (Compensation, Benefits and Employee Solutions)
- Benchmark Hospitality International (Community Initiatives)
- com (Communication and Shared Vision)
Another Best and Brightest region is West Michigan, where a full list of honorees can be seen HERE.
Elite winners in West Michigan include:
- MSU Federal Credit Union (“Best of the Best” Overall Winner—Large Business)
- Consumers Credit Union (“Best of the Best”—Medium Business)
- Southwest Michigan First (“Best of the Best”—Small Business)
- Crowe Horwath LLP (Work-Life Balance)
- Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (Strategic Company Performance)
- Express Employment Professionals (Recruitment, Selection and Orientation)
- Buist Electric (Employee Enrichment, Engagement and Retention)
- HUMANeX Ventures (Employee Education and Development)
- Elzinga & Volkers Construction Professionals (Employee Achievement and Recognition)
- Comcast (Diversity and Inclusion)
- Andy J. Egan Company (Compensation, Benefits and Employee Solutions)
- Mill Steel Company (Community Initiatives)
- Acoustics By Design, Inc. (Communication and Shared Vision)
